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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

Tom Waits

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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Abundance Bury Happiness Information Quantity Wealth Weight
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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Myself Prayer Religious
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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Age Myself Old Quite Young
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Lying Myself Past Secret
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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Break Finding Stay Window
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Hate Myself Prime
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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Donut Name Prostitute Sound
I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Money Myself
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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People Scare Success Yourself

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